Spanish

Vision for the Department

Our mission statement is simple: for every pupil in the school to love languages. 

Through our own passion for our subject, we want to spark pupils’ interest in linguistics, food, travel, literature and film, other languages and cultures, art and music, communication and finding commonality with people around the world.

Above all, we seek to provide pupils with an understanding of Spanish and Latin American language, culture, and society, as well as teaching them to become proficient in spoken and written Spanish.

KS3 Curriculum

YEAR 7

Topic 1: My Life and Family

• Introduce myself

• Describe personality using adjectival agreement

• Confidence with numbers to 31

• Describe family using tener and hay

• Describe physical appearance

 

Latin Taster Course: Pupils spend 1-2 weeks learning Latin to develop their wider language experience as they progress through Key Stage 3. By the end of Year 9 they will have experienced up to five different languages on top of the core languages of Spanish and French. 

Topic 2: My School

• Present tense conjugation of regular verbs

• Describe what I study and when

• Tell the time

• Give opinions using me gusta/n

• Describe my school using hay

• Compare past and present schools and opinions

• Describe what I eat, drink and do at breaktime

Topic 3: My Town

• Describe my town using hay and where I go in town using voy

• Describe what activities I do and when

• Describe what I do in different weather

• Use juego and hago to talk about sports

• Future tense using voy a

• Signal present and future with time connectives

Topic 4: My Holiday

• Describe a past holiday

• Use the preterite of ir

• Describe what I did on holiday

• Preterite tense conjugation of regular verbs

• Give opinions about a past holiday

• Use the preterite tense of ser (and compare with ir)

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YEAR 8

Topic 1: Free Time and Tech

• Describe what technology I use  

• Use present tense verbs with time connectives

• Use a range of opinion verbs successfully 

• Describe what music I like

• Give opinions using comparatives

• Describe what tv programs I like and dislike

Topic 2: Food

• Use a range of opinion verbs successfully

• Describe what food I like and dislike

• Use present tense verbs with negatives

• Describe what I eat at different mealtimes

• Ask questions in a restaurant setting

• Use tú and usted forms for informal and formal speech 

Topic 3: Going Out

• Express future wishes using ‘me gustaría + infinitive’

• Use poder, querer and tener que to give excuses

• Describe daily routine using first person reflexive verbs

• Use demonstrative pronouns to say what you are going to buy

• Use past, present and future tenses together 

 

Italian Taster Course: Pupils spend 1-2 weeks learning Italian to develop their wider language experience as they progress through Key Stage 3. By the end of Year 9 they will have experienced up to five different languages on top of the core languages of Spanish and French.

Topic 4: Travel

• Describe a past holiday using the preterite tense

• Give opinions using comparatives 

• Use se puede to describe holiday activities 

• Give directions using the imperative

• Use past, present and future tenses together

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YEAR 9

Topic 1: Work

• Describe what I have to do at work

• Express future wishes using ‘me gustaría + infinitive’

• Describe different jobs with correct adjectival agreement

• Use ‘voy a’ and alternatives to express future plans

• Use past, present and future tenses together

Topic 2: My Life and Interests

• Give opinions using a range of opinion verbs

• Describe my free time with hago, voy and soy

• Describe my weekly routine with regular present tense verbs

• Describe what I’m going to see in the cinema with near future

• Give opinions about films with opinion verbs

• Describe a cinema birthday party

 

Topic 3: Health

• Describe my diet and what I like to eat and drink

• Describe how I stay in shape

• Describe my daily routine using reflexive verbs

• Give advice for staying in shape using modal verbs

• Describe what hurts using me duele(n)

• Describe my ailments and illnesses

 

Portuguese Taster Course: Pupils spend 1-2 weeks learning Portuguese to develop their wider language experience as they progress through Key Stage 3. By the end of Year 9 they will have experienced up to five different languages on top of the core languages of Spanish and French.

Topic 4: World Issues and Transition to GCSE

• Describe my human rights and compare with other children

• Describe how I help others around the world

• Use modal verbs to describe how to save the planet

• Describe my local area and what you can do in my town

• Imperfect tense conjugation of regular verbs

• Compare my town past and present

 

Going beyond the National Curriculum through:

• Annual Spanish exchange to Barcelona (Year 9)

• Quizlet Live Competition

• DuoLingo Leaderboard

• MFL Christmas Cafe

• Cinema visits

• Languages Festival

• Spanish cultural school trips and visits

• Cultural exploration and discussion

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For more information on the curriculum beyond KS3 please refer to the Guided Choices and Sixth Form Brochures which can be found on the:

Curriculum Page